Rick Scott

I want to thank each of you for being here. And thanks for caring about our student athletes.

We ended up with the second lowest tuition in the country.

According to 'U.S. News and World Report', we ended up number one in higher education.

We also want to hear about the policies to reinvigorate the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs.

We look forward to your testimony on how the American Jobs Plan and American Families Plan will make smart investments.

Today our economy remains more than 8 million jobs behind where we were at the start of the pandemic.

I have never seen the Federal Government be able to increase its receipts by 17 percent in 1 year.

So right now we are getting close to $30 trillion total debt.

Thank you, Chair Rosen.

I think it is interesting, Senator, that when you were Governor, you doubled--you increased tourism promotion funding by 50 percent.

I want to thank Chair Rosen for hosting this hearing today.

Florida, like Las Vegas, is a global travel destination.

Thank you. Chairman, thanks again for holding this hearing.

Elder abuse is a serious problem for seniors, from physical abuse to financial abuse, and both of those things clearly happen in each of our states.

During my time as Governor--I finished in the end of 2018, and I was Governor from 2011 to 2018--we were able to invest record funding in the Alzheimer's Disease Initiative.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

In my last year, actually, we did $26 million just in state funding for education and support services for patients and their caregivers.

Senator Scott has been clear that these are extremely serious and concerning allegations and we need to get all the facts.

The president gives a nice talk about unity, but then he doesn’t -- there’s no unity. He’s -- unity for him is we Republicans just agree to spend and spend and spend.

This proposal reflects key elements of the Relaunching America's Workforce Act, which would invest $15 billion to help workers quickly re-enter the workforce.

We cannot be satisfied with a return to the pre-pandemic status quo. We have the responsibility to build back an even better economy.

Today, we are gathered to discuss how substantial investments in the infrastructure of our schools, workforce, and communities will help overcome the COVID-19 pandemic and build back a better economy for all Americans.

My legislation, the Reopen and Rebuild America's Schools Act, H.R. 604, would invest $100 billion in grants and $30 billion in bonding authority targeted at high-poverty schools.

So any infrastructure bill should also include investments in workers, so that they will have the skills needed to build and expand a cleaner and greener infrastructure.

China is a threat to our security and our prosperity and our values.